Dag Hammarskjold

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#insecurity #play #safe #utmost #world

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#away #demands #feat #life #only

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#diligently #give #individual #labor #masses

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#assume #becomes #duty #entitles #essential

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#dying #even #favor #function #grant

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#always #becoming #child #christmas #day

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#command #duty #gives #humiliated #imposes

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#deny #never #peace #peace and quiet #quiet

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#insecurity #playing #safe #utmost #world

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#chosen #destiny #him #his #inwards